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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Please reset the cursor position after file reload!
- From: Tore Ericsson <tore.ericsson@telia.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:59:01 +0100
- Message-id: <200511301559.01668.tore.ericsson@telia.com>
Package: kate
Version: 4:3.4.2-4
Severity: important
When a file that is "in Kate" is reloaded, for example
/var/log/syslog (that you can monitor in Kate), the
cursor should be repositioned, to the text (line/char)
position, and to the position within the window before
reload.
In other words, the text should be scrolled to show the
same lines, that is, the same line numbers (since the
entire text may be replaced), and that the cursor should
return to the same position as before.
In case the entire text is replaced at reload, this
behaviour may (though not necessarily) be of less
importance, but when the file is extended only (like when
monitoring syslog) it is very helpful.
Such a behaviour is still more helpful when the monitored
file is a large output file that is regenerated in a static
pattern when some application is repeatedly run. Each new
run will then immediately be visible at the interesting
position in the file, to which the editor window will
return.
Of course the return-to-position is impossible if the
replaced file does not contain enough number of lines or
characters within the return-to-line. The way to take care
of that is hopefully self-evident.
Important, will save many working-hours!
References: UltraEdit (MS Windows), Cream/Vim (Debian)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=sv_SE, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages kate depends on:
ii kdelibs4c2 4:3.4.2-4 core libraries for all KDE
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D
ii libaudio2 1.7-3 The Network Audio System (NAS)
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared librarie
ii libfam0c102 [libfam0] 2.7.0-7 client library to control the
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration lib
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-2 GCC support library
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libidn11 0.5.18-1 GNU libidn library, implement
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's J
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.5-1 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runti
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Session Manage
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol clien
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing li
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Input extensio
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System multi-head dis
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Resize, Rotate
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client l
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client librari
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages kate recommends:
ii kregexpeditor 4:3.4.2-3 graphical regular expression e
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